Weapons Of Mass Destruction Quotes - Page 13

• Ridding Iraq of weapons of mass destruction. That was the whole idea, right? That‘s why we went. I am reluctant to let that fact disappear down the memory hole, because if — as the war ends, or at least starts to end — if, at this time, the history of the war is written as us going there to topple the regime of a bad man when that frankly isn‘t why were told that we were going there — Aren‘t we still at risk of making this horrific mistake again? And, aren‘t we letting the people who foisted the WMD idea on us, not many years ago, aren‘t we sort of letting them get away with it?

  Rachel Maddow

  Memories, War, Mistake

  "The Rachel Maddow Show", February 27, 2009.

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• The president of the United States and the secretary of defense would not assert as plainly and bluntly as they have that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction if it was not true, and if they did not have a solid basis for saying it.

  Ari Fleischer

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, President

  "White House: Iraq has mass-destruction weapons". www.cnn.com. December 5, 2002.

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• The consequence of Mr. Bush's and Blair's historic lie that the reason for invading Iraq was weapons of mass destruction, is that everything is being doubted.

  Walid Jumblatt

  Lying, Iraq, Mass Destruction

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• We hear so much about weapons of mass destruction. But nine out of 10 war victims are killed by guns. It's the AK-47 that's a weapon of mass destruction.

  Andrew Niccol

  War, Gun, Mass Destruction

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• At another location, we found barrels of chemical material that was intended for use as biochemical weapons. Everyone talks about there being no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but they seem to be referring to completed nuclear bombs, not the many deadly chemical weapons or precursors that Saddam had stockpiled.

  Chris Kyle

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Nuclear

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• Our nuclear free status is a statement of our belief that we and our fellow human beings can build the institutions which will one day allow us all to renounce the weapons of mass destruction. We are a small country and what we can do is limited. But in this as in every other great issue, we have to start somewhere.

  David Lange

  Country, Mass Destruction, Issues

  David Lange's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 2003.

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• The single biggest threat that we face is a nuclear weapon or some weapon of mass destruction. What that means is that we have to be extraordinarily aggressive and vigilant in controlling nuclear proliferation.

  Barack Obama

  Mean, Mass Destruction, Nuclear

  Barack Obama during debate with Republican former Ambassador Alan Keyes, www.keyesarchives.com. October 12, 2004.

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• The advent of interconnectedness and of weapons of mass destruction means that, increasingly, I share a destiny with my enemy.

  Paddy Ashdown

  Mean, Destiny, Mass Destruction

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• The Second Wave Society is industrial and based on mass production, mass distribution, mass consumption, mass education, mass media, mass recreation, mass entertainment, and weapons of mass destruction. You combine those things with standardization, centralization, concentration, and synchronization, and you wind up with a style of organization we call bureaucracy.

  Alvin Toffler

  Wind, Organization, Mass Destruction

  "Future Speak". Interview with Scott S. Smith, www.entrepreneur.com. March 1, 1999.

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• Well, what I've said is that the war in Iraq will always be clouded by how it began, which was a wrong premise, that there were in fact no weapons of nuclear - weapons of mass destruction.

  Robert M. Gates

  War, Iraq, Mass Destruction

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